- Date
- October 3, 1987, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hilton Head, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66090Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871003058769A
- Case key
- 7646
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was performing a crosswind landing which resulted in a hard landing. The acft drifted to the side of the rwy and one wheel was off the paved surface upon the next touchdown. The student plt attempted to hold the acft straight in the direction it was going. The nose wheel dropped in a shallow ditch and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66090
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275963
- Airframe hours
- 1,798
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Low Country Air Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Arcft Rental & Leasing, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1987 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- GRE · No.Myrtle Bch, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 49J · Hilton Head, runway 21, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66090 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.